Wolemba Michael McPhearson
Pamene iwo odzipereka ku chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu ku St. Louis akukonzekera kulemba August 9th kuphedwa kwa wachinyamata wopanda zida Michael Brown Jr. ndi Officer Darren Wilson ku Ferguson, tikudziwa kuti ambiri m'derali akufuna kuti tingochokapo. Zokwanira kale, amatero. Nanga n’cifukwa ciani mumakumbukila cinthu comvetsa cisoni ndi colakwika? Tiyeni tingopitirira.
Koma ife tiri pachiyambi, osati mapeto a nkhondo iyi. Ino si nthawi yoti tipitirire, ndipo tsikuli likufuna kusinkhasinkha. Tikufuna kukumbukira moyo wa a Brown komanso kukumbukira kuwukira kotsutsana ndi machitidwe olakwika apolisi nthawi zambiri, komanso kuphedwa kwa anthu akuda makamaka.
Tidzakumbukira ndi chisoni ndi banja la a Brown. Mabanja a anthu osawerengeka omwe aphedwa ndi ziwawa za apolisi amalira okha tsiku lililonse. Ogasiti 9 uyuth, tidzakumbukira Michael Brown ndi miyoyo yonse yomwe inatayika chifukwa cha ziwawa za apolisi. Sitinayiwale Kajieme Powell kapena Vonderitt Meyers kapena ena osawerengeka.
Tidzalemekeza omwe ali mdera la Ferguson omwe sananenenso zachiwawa cha apolisi ndipo adachitapo kanthu kuti aletse. Kulimba mtima ndi kupirira kwawo kwalimbikitsa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndipo tidzakondwerera zochitika za Chigawo cha St. Louis zomwe zimafuna kusintha kwa nthawi yaitali komanso kofunika kwambiri pa momwe anthu akuda amachitira komanso kuwonedwa ndi apolisi, makhoti ndi anthu a ku St. Tidzachita chikondwerero pamene tikukonzekera ndikukonzekera kupitiriza kulimbana. Tikudziwa kuti tikukumana ndi vuto lalitali komanso lovuta. Koma sitidzataya mtima chifukwa tikudziwa kuti kusintha sikungabwere kokha, ndipo sitingathenso kupirira mmene zinthu zilili panopa. Kuti tikhale ndi moyo, tiyenera kupanga masinthidwe amene tikufuna.
Pomaliza, tidzakumbukira tsiku lokumbutsa Chigawo cha St. Louis ndi dziko lonse lapansi kuti kayendetsedwe ka Black Lives ndi mphamvu, yolenga komanso yokonzekera kuchitapo kanthu. Sitibwereranso ku nthawi yomwe munthu wakuda wophedwa ndi apolisi unali mutu wankhani chabe, popanda kuunika kapena kuyankha mlandu. Timamvetsetsa kuti dongosololi silidzasiya kutipha pokhapokha titapanga. Tidzawona kulimbana kumeneku, chifukwa palibe chomwe tingataye koma unyolo wathu, ndi chilichonse choti tipindule. Tikufuna dziko lomwe sitiyenera kunena kuti Black Lives Matter.
Tikuyitanitsa anthu onse omwe akufuna kuwona dziko lamtendere ndi lolungama kuti alowe nawo gulu la kusintha. Osayima pambali ndikuwona kulimbana kwa Black Lives. Dera lathu limatha kuchira pokhapokha titagwira ntchito limodzi. Nkhondo yothetsa tsankho komanso cholowa chaukapolo ili kutali.
Kuthetsa nkhanza za apolisi, kusalingana kwachuma ndi malamulo atsankho si kupambana kwa anthu akuda, ndi kupambana kwa tonsefe. Ndife dziko labwino chifukwa cha kutha kwaukapolo komanso kupambana kwa gulu la Civil Rights. Ndife dziko labwino, lotetezeka komanso lotukuka pamene onse anthu amalandira chithandizo chachilungamo ndi maboma ndi nzika anzawo. Pokumbukira imfa ya Michael Brown, tikuwonjezera zoyesayesa zathu kuti tipeze dziko lomwe miyoyo ya anthu akuda ilidi yofunika. Tsopano ndi mwayi wokhala mbali ya kusintha, kumbali yoyenera ya mbiriyakale.
Michael McPhearson ndi Executive Director wa Ankhondo a Mtendere, wokhala ku St. Louis, MO, ndi wapampando wa bungwe la Osati Shoot Coalition. Musawombere wopangidwa pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwa Michael Brown Jr. ku Ferguson. McPhearson ndi Captain wakale wa Field Artillery ku United States Army. Anatumikira mu 24th Mechanized Infantry Division pa Desert Shield / Desert Storm, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Gulf War I. Iye ndi Wolemekezeka Military ROTC wophunzira ku Campbell University ku Buies Creek, North Carolina ndi digiri ya BS mu Sociology.
